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...Almereyda's own admission, the film was shot "fast and cheap" on 16mm film, and it shows. This version is certainly a "poor man's" Hamlet that neither remains truthful to the original text, nor emerges as a stunningly relevant interpretation that redefines the tale for our time. Under the circumstances, the text can't be faulted, but what the production team does in interpretation and execution makes for largely uninvolving storytelling...
...play is one of the greatest literary works written, but you wouldn't know it from Hamlet in the year 2000. Despite some fleeting high points, you might as well add "out of control" to Almereyda's acknowledgment the film was done "fast and cheap." The subject matter requires more time, more money and certainly more thought than this treatment has afforded...
...Michael Almereyda...
...Michael Almereyda: Yes, a Thomas Edison production. The thing that's kind of exciting about working on Shakespeare is the chance to bring something...
While in Boston last week, Ethan Hawke gave a whirlwind media tour to promote his latest vehicle-an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet-with director Michael Almereyda. The Crimson sat down with the two of them in a college cattle call (er. . . round table) interview to share twenty minutes of their time...